phillip merrill has had a long relationship with george h.w. bush, george w. bush and vice president dick chainny. merrill currently serves as the president of the xm bank, an appointment he received from george w. bush. >> guest: i was contributing editor to the washington taupe yang magazine -- washingtonian magazine for over 30 years, and i did notice my name off the masthead. i was never called. i never got a letter. so i called jack, and i asked why. and he said it was because of the bush book and because of the intimate details of their private lives. i said that's what a biography is. you never had any problem with jackie o., you featured it in the magazine. you never had any problem with nancy reagan, with frank sinatra, the british royal family. why this one? click. and so i do think it was because of the connection with the bushs. phil merrill subsequently took his own life, and his daughter is now running the magazine. but it is true, you do pay a price. you cannot expect to write a book like "the family" and then be invited to a white house state d